Around 11am today I noticed godaddy was down. I would be laughin, except I need to get in there to set something up. How long will this last?

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800706be'

Server.CreateObject Failed

/gdshop/i_shop.asp, line 83

800706be

1. outside shot of the Lawinger Library
2. same
3. same
4. same
5. same
6. same
7. same
8. same
9. same
10. same
11. card catalog for Reserve Dept.
12. same
13. same
14. Reference Department
15. Reference Desk with Librarian
16. same
17. Reference Desk
18. Close-up of Reference books at Reference Desk
19. Pamphlet files of the Reference Dept.
20. Special Collections Entrance
21. same
22. Inside Special Collections
23. same
24. same
25. Government Documents Room - Entrance
26. A study room of Lawinger Library
27. Typing Room
28. Typing Room with someone typing
29. Reiss Science Building
30. Inside Reiss Science Library
31. A man checking out a book
32. Someone working at A-V desk
33. Several people working at A-V desk
34. A-V desk
35. A-V room (mainroom)
36. A-V romm where films are shown to classes
37. copying services of A-V
38. A-V copying services with a girl copying
39. second floor stacks and study table
40. bound stacks periodical stacks on 2nd floor.
41. copying machine for student use.
42. entrance hall to Pierce Reading Room
43. same
44. shot looking down two rows of stacks
45. 2 girls standing between stacks
46. A girl reading a book in Lawinger Library
47. same
48. same
49. Magazine Collage
50. same
51. A man filling out a book request card.
52. A filled-out book request card.
53. Due date card found in all checked ot books.
54. cart of overdue book fines
55. lower patio of the library
56. same.
57. Patio outside Lawinger Library looking toward East Campus.
58. lower level patio of LL looking p the stairway to the entrance level.
59. stairway going down to the bookstore.
60. looking down at the entrance to the bookstore
61. Inside the bookstore
62. Healy Building
63. title slide for Introduction to a University Library presentation.
64. A-V Dept
65. Someone checking circulation printout
66. Reference Department
67. Floor diagram
68. People studying in Pierce Reading Room
69. A girl studying in Lawinger Library

As found when cleaning out the old shop.

I've been noticing computer generated poetry in spam for a while now, but this one really inspired me. It almost seems like ancient proverbs that got a bit muddled in the translation. "It takes a real fruitcake to avoid contact with the scythe." and this interesting one: "If a girl scoutgraduates from the pickup truck, then some mysterious cargo bay gets stinking drunk."  (We've come a long way from when I first noticed spam poetry.

If the minivan about a pine cone usually competes with a mortician over the
support group, then a skyscraper hides. Any sandwich can accurately sanitize an
imaginative deficit, but it takes a real fruit cake to avoid contact with the
scythe. The cab driver for an industrial complex ostensibly is a big fan of a
grain of sand. A hockey player seeks a steam engine. Now and then, an asteroid
near a paper napkin pees on the boiled warranty.
Now and then, a pork chop eagerly shares a shower with the tuba player living
with a customer. A plaintiff completely seeks a polar bear. A movie theater
shares a shower with a chestnut. An eggplant gives a pink slip to the tuba
player. For example, a single-handledly impromptu bullfrog indicates that a
class action suit beyond another burglar somewhat avoids contact with an ocean.
When the lover is righteous, a spartan tripod brainwashes the pork chop related
to another crank case. Sometimes a turkey trembles, but a cowboy over a hockey
player always pours freezing cold water on a surly hole puncher! Some asteroid
over a rattlesnake plans an escape from the false reactor some vacuum cleaner. A
cheese wheel self-flagellates, and the defendant feels nagging remorse; however,
the polar bear pees on the cyprus mulch behind a cowboy. The ball bearing, a
bartender near a turn signal, and a ravishing eggplant are what made America great!
A Eurasian inferiority complex A submarine is South American. Any vacuum cleaner
can organize a rude cloud formation, but it takes a real tornado to bury the
pompous polar bear. Now and then, an almost tattered movie theater pours
freezing cold water on a satellite beyond some vacuum cleaner. Indeed, a briar
patch takes a peek at the hairy squid.
The tabloid beyond a reactor When a garbage can is ridiculously feline, another
chess board over a wedding dress graduates from a highly paid carpet tack. Now
and then, some mortician for the garbage can barely shares a shower with a false
fire hydrant. When an orbiting buzzard trembles, a wheelbarrow hides. Sometimes
the barely feline paycheck flies into a rage, but the elusive roller coaster
always graduates from a power drill living with a lover! A graduated cylinder
related to a stovepipe throws a thoroughly impromptu bullfrog at a steam engine,
or an infected apartment building finds subtle faults with a crispy traffic light.
The self-loathing industrial complex Furthermore, a recliner prays, and the
blithe spirit related to some tabloid bestows great honor upon another senator
toward a chess board. Another cloud formation over a minivan sanitizes the
bullfrog. When you see the revered fighter pilot, it means that the cashier
flies into a rage. The earring buries a moronic deficit. A roller coaster of a
cowboy shares a shower with a mastadon.
A stovepipe defined by a sandwich takes a peek at a South American ski lodge. A
self-actualized pickup truck sells the garbage can defined by a vacuum cleaner
to a bartender. Some precise food stamp conquers the diskette. When an optimal
girl scout is lazily pompous, the elusive traffic light competes with the
ridiculously cosmopolitan buzzard. A satellite eagerly eats a cyprus mulch.
Furthermore, the crank case flies into a rage, and the grand piano sanitizes a
paternal bullfrog. When another annoying steam engine ruminates, a tornado of a
scythe ceases to exist. The hole puncher related to an inferiority complex
borrows money from a molten hole puncher, but a grizzly bear graduates from the
cosmopolitan tabloid. A fruit cake around another chestnut meditates, and a pork
chop panics; however, a line dancer from the crank case finds subtle faults with
an ocean. If a girl scout graduates from the pickup truck, then some mysterious
cargo bay gets stinking drunk.

First off, if you're a regular visitor, you'll notice that for the first time in over 3 years, we have radically changed our site design and moved to a more "standard" platform for publishing articles and rants. Please read the Site History for more information on this change. Also take note that we will be moving away from using numbers to using names.
Speaking of history, my Aunt Dorothy turned 80 just a little bit ago. This is a fairly interesting to think about. From the mid 1920s to today, we went from a recovering country, to color photographs, to fax machines, to computers, to cell phones, to the Internet, and beyond. She has kids, grandkids, great-grandkids, and even great-great-grandkids. I have cousins that have grandkids, even great-grandkids.
As you can imagine, this has turned into a family reunion. Our family is scattered out across the US, so it takes something big to get everyone together into the same state. Before this, I remember going to my sister's wedding and having the family there, and before that was my Grandpa's funeral. If I remember correctly, he lived to the ripe age of '97. As far as family gatherings before that, I was too young to remember. I recall visiting one or two of my Aunts, or one of them coming up to visit us. I'd say that our get togethers seem to have happen every 7-10 years. Some of these people I haven't seen in 12 years, and because of their age, I might not see again. Actually, probably the next event to get all of us together would be my own wedding, assuming I were to have such a thing. ;}
Later, I'll gather up as many pictures as I can and put together an album, but I had some spare time in the middle of the night.

Things have been moving really fast recently. I bought a house, a Jeep, joined the chamber, bought an ISP, and am working on starting a broadband Internet company as well. Since events in my life have been moving faster than I have been able to keep up with, I have worked out a few additional goals/ideals/resolutions to work into my existing set. These new ones include:

1. I will not (pay to) eat out more than twice per week.
2. I will not (pay to) eat from Sheetz more than once per week.
3. I will return/handle any and all phone calls within 12 hours.
4. I will not purchase anything else (including advertising) on a payment plan (or other credit) until my existing debt is paid off.
5. I will have a relaxing night with friends over at least once a month, if not more.
6. I will stick to these resolutions.

Joe Normal 39 % Nerd, 43% Geek, 30% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored less than half in all three, earning you the title of: Joe Normal. This is not to say that you don't have some Nerd, Geek or Dork inside of you--we all do, and you can see the percentages you have right above. This is just to say that none of those qualities stand out so much as to define you. Sure, you enjoy an episode of Star Trek now and again, and yeah, you kinda enjoyed a few classes back in the day. And, once in a while, you stumble while walking down the street even though there was nothing there to cause you to trip. But, for the most part, you look and act fairly typically, and aren't much of an outcast. I'd say there's a fair chance someone asked you to take this test. In any event, fairly normal. Congratulations! If you enjoyed this test, I would love the feedback! Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Professional Wrestling Love & Sexuality America/Politics Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 18% on nerdiness You scored higher than 61% on geekosity You scored higher than 50% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on OkCupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

The times seem so exciting
but what's with all the rhyming?
I met my girlfriend Robin in December
But it feels like we've been together forever.
In March I parted ways with the Marine Corp.
I won't be going to Iraq any more.
I bought my house in May.
It's a nice place to stay.
My parents have been married for 40 years.
We celebrated with crabs, hot dogs, and beers.

(10:13:38 AM) Kara G: u ur old
(10:14:22 AM) Kara G: since i am on maernity leave i would go crazy
(10:15:03 AM) me: i'm old?
(10:15:19 AM) me: i'm 25, remember?
(10:15:32 AM) Kara G: o im sorry i am old
(10:18:14 AM) Kara G: im 28, second child

Vacation ends. A lovely week down at the beach. Essentially I can just walk barefoot out the door, wander down the hall, down the steps, and I'm on the beach. I spent some time in the ocean, time at the pool, but I got sunburnt on the neck during miniature golfing. Robin, who constantly lathered up with sunscreen, got burnt really bad. All in all though, the beach is a nice place to visit, but it's definately not a place I would choose to live at. However, for the rest of the story, check out the pics.